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Sustainable Development

How An Arctic Island In Canada Is Preparing Humans For The First Journey To Mars

Every summer for the last twenty years, dozens of would-be Martians have gathered on Devon Island in northern Canada to test some of the cutting-edge technology we'll need ...

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Festivals

Indigenous film Festival: 'These Are Our Stories'

The Māoriland indigenous film festival will screen over 120 films this week, from shorts of a few minutes through to full-length features. The Māoriland festival is on a ...

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Environment

Scientists To Repeat 19th-Century Ship's Crossing Of Polar Ice Cap

In 1893 the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen embarked on a mission of extraordinary boldness and ingenuity. He planned to become the first person to reach the north pole ...

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Environment

Climate Researchers Are Setting Up an Arctic Base Camp at Davos

On Tuesday morning, a team of climate scientists were busy setting up a mock Arctic base camp at the Swiss resort that is hosting politicians, celebrities, and the global e...

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Environment

Ice-Melting Temperatures Forecast For Arctic Midwinter

Scientists are forecasting ice-melting temperatures in the middle of winter for some parts of the Arctic for the second year in a row. And analysis shows such recent record...

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Hollywood

Leonardo Dicaprio To Be Honored At Hollywood Film Awards For Before The Flood

Dick Clark Productions has announced that Academy Award-winners Leonardo DiCaprio and Fisher Stevens will be honored with the “Hollywood Documentary Award” for ...

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Gender

This Gutsy British-Indian Is The First Woman To Complete A Solo Arctic Expedition

A British woman of Indian origin, Bharulata Kamble, has become the first woman in the world to complete a solo Arctic Circle expedition. Unlike Victor Bruce who set the ear...

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Environment

1,500 Reindeer Dead, 40 Humans Hospitalized Amid Anthrax Outbreak In Siberia

At least 40 people from nomadic communities in northern Siberia have been hospitalized amid an anthrax outbreak that scientists believe was caused by thawing reindeer carca...

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Environment

Could More Deadly Dangers Like 'Zombie Anthrax' Lie Beneath The Arctic Circle's Melting Ice?

The recent "zombie" anthrax outbreak unleashed by the rapid melting of permafrost that killed 2,300 reindeer, hospitalized dozens, and killed one child in northern Siberia ...

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Environment

Plastic Waste Dumped In UK Seas 'Carried To Arctic Within Two Years

Marine plastic pollution is a huge problem, with 5tn pieces of plastic now floating in the world’s oceans. The plastic is frequently mistaken for food by fish and bir...

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